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The talk must now turn to action for Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens.

It comes down to one game between these two bitter rivals.

The rest of what happened in what has been a Round 2 series for the ages is history. If the Bruins are to win this they must remember their past experience and bear down for a victory.

The Bruins have been here before. They have done that. They have had to do things the hard way in the past; they view this as another bump on the road in an attempt to win the Stanley Cup.

Coming off a 4-0 loss in Game 6 on Monday, the Bruins returned home with their heads held high with a dramatic Game 7 set for Wednesday night at TD Garden in the Atlantic Division final.

While P.K Subban was talking tough after Montreal’s victory Monday and Boston coach Claude Julien declared “I expect us to win,” those words will all be meaningless once the puck is dropped.

“A game’s going to be played (Wednesday),” Julien told reporters in Boston on Tuesday after an optional skate at the Garden. “What’s being said right now doesn’t matter. I think it’s all about going out there and playing a game.

“We’re not going to start the ‘he said, she said’ kind of thing at this point. It’s winner takes (all).”

Julien will tell his players not to leave anything on the table.

“Desperation is going out there and giving the best shot you can,” he said. “The last thing you want is regrets, and if you hold back and you don’t do the things you know you can do and you don’t leave it all out on the ice, then you have regrets.

“So that’s what desperation is all about, is leaving it all out there on the ice, and you can walk away knowing you gave it your best shot.

THIS ’N’ THAT

The Habs looked more comfortable in Game 6 at the Bell Centre than they did in a 4-2 loss in Game 5 in Boston. A large part of that is due to the fact the club was on home ice. Bruins winger Milan Lucic said his club has to take advantage of the fact that Game 7 is at TD Garden. That’s why winning the President’s Trophy was important — to get home ice for this situation. “You know it’s not going to be easy,” said Lucic. “You fought all season long to get home-ice advantage in situations like this. We’ve got to go out and get it.” ... Habs winger Daniel Briere doesn’t believe Game 7 is for everybody. “You see two kinds of players in these deciding games: Those who crumble under the pressure and those who raise their games. I liked what I saw from the team on Monday. Everyone took charge of their roles and that was a great sign,” he said.

OFF THE GLASS

Though defenceman Dennis Seidenberg (knee) has been taking part in the club’s morning skates it doesn’t sound like he’ll miraculously play in Game 7. Julien was asked if there was any update on his status because the Bruins have been coy about whether the veteran might return this season. “No,” said Julien. “Never has been.” The way Boston defencemen Torey Krug and Kevan Miller struggled in Game 6 the Bruins sure look like they could use Seidenberg. Big Zdeno Chara wasn’t at his best either ... Interesting to note there was plenty of police presence in the streets in Montreal for Game 6 because nobody was sure what would happen if the Habs lost. A camera man walking along St. Catherine in the afternoon noted some shop owners were boarding up their windows. There were riots here in 2010 when the Habs beat Pittsburgh in Round 2 and in 2008 when they knocked off Boston in Round 1.

AROUND THE BOARDS

Julien has no shortage of experience in this winner-take-all situation. He will coach his 10th Game 7 which ties him with former coach Mike Keenan for the most in NHL history. “A Game 7 is a Game 7. You go in there, you give it your best shot, and as a coach, as players, as a team, and you go from there. We’ve been through those many times and like I said, you hope that your experience is going to help you get through those,” said Julien ... How important is getting the first goal? All six times in the series the team that scored first went on to victory ... Boston coach Michel Therrien was pleased with the performance in Game 6 but admits now is time to turn the page. “We played a hell of game (Monday), a hell of a game,” Therrien said to reporters at the club’s practice facility in Brossard. “The only thing we’ve got to do is make sure we reset, refocus and have another good game (Wednesday).”